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Hi Jen. I've been on Azilect for quite a few years now. It is an MAO B inhibitor and as in MAO A inhibitors they recommended that you avoid foods with Tyrasine (sp?). It is my understanding that those restrictions have now been lifted. I've been off of it and on it and have noticed no difference either way. Recently, my hair has become extremely thin and I attribute it to the Azilect. I will say this......be careful. I'm due to have surgery to replace my defibrillator and I asked my cardiologist who will be doing the surgery if I should go off of it for 2 weeks before (I've heard of this). He said to ask my neurologist. My neurologist said to ask my surgeon but he didn't see any problem with going off. So I called a pharmacist. She told me it was okay to stay on it. I went to the internet. It said to go off of it for 2 weeks prior and 2 weeks after surgery. I'm going off of it. Roberta Innarella " Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt." Abraham Lincoln In a message dated 2/19/2010 2:00:33 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: Good morning everyone, My neurologist is strongly encouraging that I switch to Azilect as it has some record of slowing the progression of PD. (I'm 38 and recently diagnosed with YOPD) I'm a little freaked by all the contraindications and side effects and am having difficulty finding unbiased consistent information on the drug. Has anyone out there taken Azilect? Does it indeed slow the progression? Any thoughts or opinions? Thanks,Jen _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469230/direct/01/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn